wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| Schiit Freya plus. Is this an upgrade? I've recently found some NOS GE tubes here and there (mostly there), and having messed around with a bunch of 6SN7GTBs the GEs are my faves. My little Dennis Had SEP amp likes a little gain coming in so the tube output of my "original and possibly... | |
| Ugly vs Gogeous speakers "Decorators" pretty much NEVER incorporate speakers into room design, other than the ceiling mounted stuff that high end houses always seem to have. I like design as simply a minor interest, and thumb through Architectural Digest noting basically ... | |
| Let's roll: what pre-amp tubes should I consider next? I’ve noticed some clear differences between 6SN7GTBs that both my pre and power amp currently use, and NOS GEs are my faves for those. I continue to use 12AX7s in my guitar amps (and previously in my Jolida 502p amp also, although I no longer own ... | |
| Odyssey "Khartago" Stereo Extreme" amp compared to Schitt's "Vidar" amp Alon Wolf also appears to use a QSC GX3 pro power amp and so do I (cost around 200 bucks new), although mine is occasionally pressed into service for live concert monitor duties. Not sure what Alon uses his for (saw a pic of it from a Magico shop ... | |
| Odyssey "Khartago" Stereo Extreme" amp compared to Schitt's "Vidar" amp I spent some time at Moffat's house and he is a brilliant designer, however, when he discovered me at his house he did have me arrested. | |
| Music lover or audiophile? I'm a musician, and it seems the ration of audio geek musicians to musicians who care about their hifi rigs is about the same as the general public. Blanket comments about what musicians think are silly, as based on my experience they're utterly d... | |
| Tekton or Klipsch Although I have a Schiit Loki wired into the system I rarely use it, and by simply adjusting the level a little on the two REL subs (those adjustments are also rarely needed) I can make things sound right. The Heresy IIIs have a well regarded and ... | |
| I need opinions, Schhit Freya+ and an appropriate Amp mrdecibel...it generally amazes me when people utterly miss the harmless tone of what I think is obvious friendly relatively gonzo humor in some of my posts..."so I’ll continue to be testy and defensive when perceiving tube aspersions have been ca... | |
| I need opinions, Schhit Freya+ and an appropriate Amp Some have whined about the Freya's noisy tubes but although those critics have been vocal, I think they're a tiny minority. My Freya is extremely low noise with any (including the supplied "mystery" Russian tubes) tubes I've stuck in the thing, an... | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste I agree, but do enjoy glistening and disappearing hi-hats although I wonder, where do they go? | |
| I need opinions, Schhit Freya+ and an appropriate Amp Hey mrdecibel...it's 100 bucks more, plus another 100 bucks, so there is 100 bucks in there, albeit twice. Also, bass players and drummers prefer SS? Huh? You don't usually render a clunky comment like that one so I can only assume your proof rea... | |
| I need opinions, Schhit Freya+ and an appropriate Amp I own Heresy IIIs and drive 'em with an original version Freya into a Dennis Had single ended 12wpc masterpiece. That's right, masterpiece. Note that extremely efficient Fortes can be driven by anything, but sticking to lower wattage amps can save... | |
| Spade vs bare wire Maybe, but what about the potassium? | |
| Spade vs bare wire I also don't buy into the alleged sonic differences between bare wire, bananas, and spades. That difference seems to potentially be so absolutely tiny as to render opinions kinda silly (or allowing listeners who do claim to hear differences to fee... | |
| So I switched from XLR cables... Better designed balanced cables sound better when used with a truly balanced system, period. When I have the choice I always go for balanced. Otherwise, if you must use single ended (like with my Dennis Had Firebottle amp which has only single end... |